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Manx National Rally gets underway tonight

Fri, 11 May 2012

90 crews are set to take part in the Manx National Rally which gets underway tonight.

There's been big interest from competitors this year with the entries almost reaching capacity.

The rally is held on 20 closed road stages starting in Port Erin this evening.

First away will be Welshman Melvyn Evans in the WRC Subaru Impreza that he won the event in last year.

Paul Bird will get away next in a WRC Ford Focus.

The first of the all-local crews are Steven Quine and Richard Skinner at number seven, followed by Nigel and Michaela Cannell at number eight and Andrew Leece and Graham Fargher at number nine.

Rally Correspondant Chris Boyd has more details on tonight's stages.[play media file]

 

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